"What a nuisance, that intruding cupid still there?"
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Accordingly, he set sail from Ostia, but was twice very near being wrecked by the boisterous wind called Circius 499 , upon the coast of Liguria, and near the islands called Stoechades 500 .
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

First I complimented Charley on the room, and indeed it was so fresh and airy, so spotless and neat, that I could scarce believe I had been lying there so long.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

He intended to leave Cambridge on April 18th, and nothing that I could say had been able to shake his determination.
— from Mortmain by Arthur Cheney Train

We must find out who the fellows were, Dick, for the sake of the decent boys of the Academy, not that I care so much about my boat."
— from The Hilltop Boys on the River by Cyril Burleigh

Though the Exposition sent its million of joyful notes skyward and could not fail to obtain a place of honor in history, at nightfall the immense crowd sought rest from the emotions of the day by swarming to the theaters which were everywhere open, and it invaded the magnificent palace which our dear great Charles Gamier had raised for the manifestations of Lyric Art and the religion of the Dance.
— from My Recollections by Jules Massenet

What on earth they wanted of me, unless to fat and eat me, was past conjecture; and my fare had not been of a nature to induce corpulence, so that this supposition was not trustworthy.
— from The Captive in Patagonia by Benjamin Franklin Bourne

Even the very common occurrence of the formation from the Future in the case of proper names, induces us to expect, a priori , that it will be more frequent in appellative names than is commonly supposed.
— from Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

"If I consent to what you ask, it is only for Guido's sake, and I will only admit that I may be more sure of myself in a few months than I am now, though I cannot see how that is possible."
— from Cecilia: A Story of Modern Rome by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

p. 103 2. South-Eastern Railway Bridge , to connect the London Bridge Station with a new terminus in Cannon Street; this bridge, having five lines of railway, is midway between London Bridge and the one next to be named.
— from Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood Being a Concise Description of the Chief Places of Interest in the Metropolis, and the Best Modes of Obtaining Access to Them: with Information Relating to Railways, Omnibuses, Steamers, &c. by Anonymous

[186] put it to our own consciences whether we live, as we ought, in the constant sense that it is only in the word of God and of Christ, as contained in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, in constant subjection to His word and to the influences of His Spirit, that we can be sure of finding the true light to our paths, and a rod and a staff to comfort us amidst the temptations and perplexities of the world?
— from The War and the Gospel: Sermons and Addresses During the Present War by Henry Wace

You’ve had a nip, too, I can see.”
— from The Squatter's Dream: A Story of Australian Life by Rolf Boldrewood